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The latest questions and answers, from members following Adonais at eNotes.Wed, 3 Dec 2014 21:06:57 PSTen-usPercy Bysshe Shelley's pastoral elegy, Adonais, composed to honor the...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-two-motifs-adonais-472866
Percy Bysshe Shelley's pastoral elegy, Adonais, composed to honor the poet who made stirring use of pastoral motifs in order to focus on beauty, elevates Keats to the level of the Spirit that conquers life as he is immortalized. One motif, then, of this beautiful, Romantic elegy is that of Keats, as one who created beauty with his poetry, continuing to create after death as part of the One Spirit. Beginning with stanza XXXVIII and ending with...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-two-motifs-adonais-472866Wed, 3 Dec 2014 21:06:57 PSTWhat are the two motifs in Adonais ?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-two-motifs-adonais-472866
What are the two motifs in Adonais ?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-two-motifs-adonais-472866#1December 1, 2014, 2:36 pm PSTYes, it is a metaphor referring to the cold, dead body of John Keats,...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-line-though-our-tears-thaw-not-frost-472599
Yes, it is a metaphor referring to the cold, dead body of John Keats, the great English poet who died of tuberculosis in Italy when he was only twenty-five years old. Shelley is saying that our tears cannot bring Keats back to life. His body is as cold as if it were covered with frost. Since Shelley is writing a pastoral elegy, the image of a body covered with frost is appropriate as well as striking. It corresponds to the later line "He is...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-line-though-our-tears-thaw-not-frost-472599Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:08:45 PSTWhat does the line "though our tears/ Thaw not the frost which binds so...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-line-though-our-tears-thaw-not-frost-472599
What does the line "though our tears/ Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head" refer to? Specifically, what does the "frost" speak of? Is it his dead body?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-line-though-our-tears-thaw-not-frost-472599#2November 18, 2014, 8:46 pm PSTThis is a fascinating question to consider, as a careful reading will...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383306
This is a fascinating question to consider, as a careful reading will reveal that this poem is about Keats, acting as a lament for his life and as a pageant to his work and values, but also about the poet's own beliefs; the lament for Keats serves as something of a springboard that Shelley uses to reflect on his own attitude towards life and death. Particularly at the end of the poem, Shelley asks both himself and his reader "What Adonais is,...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383306Wed, 6 Feb 2013 08:08:44 PSTA pastoral elegy was a form that had fallen into disuse by the 18th...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/write-detail-but-critical-note-shellys-adonaise-383304
A pastoral elegy was a form that had fallen into disuse by the 18th century, and this was seen as a reflection of the changing nature of British society and the way that industrialisation had led to, as argued by some, the death of the pastoral landscape in Britain. However, Shelley chose to write this lament for his friend's death in the form of a pastoral elegy because he wanted to clearly honour him in a form that was very particular to the...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/write-detail-but-critical-note-shellys-adonaise-383304Tue, 5 Feb 2013 07:27:25 PSTThere is a very real sense in which Shelley uses the death of his...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383303
There is a very real sense in which Shelley uses the death of his friend, Keats, to write a poem that is not so much about him and not so much an elegy of his life as a reflection on Shelley's own thoughts and feelings about life and death. It is very clear that although the poem starts with the physical fact of the death of "Adonais," the mythical figure Shelley picks to represent Keats, as the poem develops, it begins to focus more and more...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383303Tue, 5 Feb 2013 07:15:04 PSTIs Shelley's "Adonais" more about Keats or the poet himself?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383306
Is Shelley's "Adonais" more about Keats or the poet himself?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383306#3February 5, 2013, 3:51 am PSTWrite a critical note on Shelley's "Adonais" as a pastoral elegy.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/write-detail-but-critical-note-shellys-adonaise-383304
Write a critical note on Shelley's "Adonais" as a pastoral elegy.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/write-detail-but-critical-note-shellys-adonaise-383304#4February 5, 2013, 3:45 am PSTShelly's "Adonias" is concerned as much with the poet himself as with...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383303
Shelly's "Adonias" is concerned as much with the poet himself as with the dead man. Discuss.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/shellys-adonias-an-elegy-death-john-keats-383303#5February 5, 2013, 3:41 am PSTLike most romantics working in tradtional poetic forms, Shelley reaches...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-far-has-shelley-followed-conventions-pastoral-279819
Like most romantics working in tradtional poetic forms, Shelley reaches outside the usual conventions in some areas. First, the range of emotions is expanded; Shelley uses ejaculations and intense imagery to reveal his passions, whereas poets within the neo-classical tradition maintained an even, sombre tone, as Thomas Gray does in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Second, Shelley works in his own agenda, touching on personal and...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-far-has-shelley-followed-conventions-pastoral-279819Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:35:59 PSTHow far has Shelley followed the conventions of the pastoral elegy in...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-far-has-shelley-followed-conventions-pastoral-279819
How far has Shelley followed the conventions of the pastoral elegy in "Adonais"?plz answer in detailhttp://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-far-has-shelley-followed-conventions-pastoral-279819#6September 23, 2011, 9:40 pm PST